To freeze! Ice cream truck driver is arrested for exceeding the drink-driving limit after being pulled over by police for not wearing a seatbelt
- In Devizes, Wiltshire, an ice cream man was pulled over for not wearing a seatbelt
- Wiltshire Police analyzed the driver of the van and found him twice over the limit
An ice cream man was arrested for exceeding the drunk driving limit more than twice after being pulled over for driving without a seatbelt.
Mariusz Kekus, 40, of Mascroft Road, Trowbridge, was apprehended at the Hopton Industrial Estate in Devizes, Wiltshire before being ventilated at the roadside.
The roadside breath test revealed that the driver of the van had 90 mcg of alcohol per 100ml of breath – a rate that is more than twice the current limit in Britain.
UK law makes it illegal for drivers to operate a vehicle with more than 35 mcg of alcohol per 100 ml of breath.
Kekus was charged with driving under the influence and driving without a seatbelt and will appear before Salisbury Magistrates’ Court on September 29.
Wiltshire Police stopped an ice cream man for driving without a seatbelt before realizing he was twice over the drink-driving limit
Wiltshire Police later took the ice cream man into custody before taking to Twitter to joke about the incident.
The ice cream man was later released on bail and will appear in court later this month on two separate charges.
A photo posted by the police shows a police car parked behind a purple ice cream truck with the words ‘Enjoy Cadbury’s ice cream here’ written on it.
The police car equipped with automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) is standing still on the road in Devizes.
The police Twitter account @WiltsSpecOps later tweeted, “The driver of the ice cream truck was sighted in Devizes where the driver was not wearing a seatbelt.
“When stopping the van, the driver gave a roadside breather of 90!
“The flake has been added and we have been taken into custody.#whiskeyWhippy.”
Twitter users joked that the ice cream man should have blown a ’99’ during the roadside breath test.
“I thought he was going to give 99 for the bants,” Twitter user @moorepropgroup posted on the social media platform.
Twitter user @EvoTriCoach asked, “Did you have to put cones around the vehicle?”
In a statement to MailOnline, a spokesperson for Wiltshire Police said: ‘A man has been charged after he was apprehended while driving an ice cream van on Hopton Industrial Estate, Devizes.’
Mariusz Kekus, 40, of Mascroft Road, Trowbridge, has been charged with driving under the influence and driving without a seatbelt.
“He has been released on bail and will appear before Salisbury Magistrates’ Court on September 29.”